The Yankees broadcast was so unimpressed with Jose Siri's prolonged HR celebration while losing

As a younger generation of players have broken into the big leagues, we’ve seen less controversies about baseball’s unwritten rules play out in recent years. Bat flips, celebrations, trash talk — bring it all on.

But for every celebration, timing and context are important — the score often matters. And Rays outfielder Jose Siri had Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay perplexed with post-homer theatrics on Monday.

The Rays went into the fifth inning against the Yankees without recording a hit. That changed with Siri’s at-bat as he hit a home run to right field for Tampa Bay’s first hit (and run) of the ballgame. Normally, it would have been a pretty insignificant home run. But Monday was Siri’s birthday, and he made sure to enjoy all of the moment.

Siri had a noticeably slow home run trot and drew out the celebration at every opportunity. There’s normally nothing wrong with celebrating a home run, but it looked so silly to do so while losing in the fifth inning. Still, if Siri thought it would fire up his teammates, then go for it. Baseball is supposed to be fun, and he was having fun out there.

Kay, though, wasn’t a fan of the celebration, and he made that clear in the YES Network broadcast.

The Yankees also didn’t appreciate Siri’s slow home run trot. And when D.J. LeMahieu hit a home run — his first of the season! — the following half inning, he practically broke into a sprint for his trot.

Aaron Judge also gave Siri a staredown.

Fans also had thoughts on Siri’s celebration and Kay’s commentary.

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